Device for concealing telephone sets.



L. A. STRASBURGER.

DEVICE FOR CONCEALING TELEPHONE SETS.

APPLICATION FILED IuIY 20,19Is.

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L. A. STRASBURGEH.

DEVICE FOR CONCEALING TELEPHONE SETS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20| 1916.

Patented Apr. 10,1917.

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DEVICE FOR CONCEAIING TELEPHONE SETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

Application filed July 20, 1916. Serial No. 110,295.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN A. STRAS- BURGER, a citizen of the United States, re`

siding in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Concealing Telephone Sets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an ornamental device for concealing telephone sets of the desk or table type, the same being suitable especially for boudoirs. To this end the invention comprises a frame having means for attachment to the transmitter pedestal and a suitable top and walls carried by the frame for inclosing the set. In the preferred embodiment of'this invention the walls are formed by hangings supported from a top framework, which in turn is carried by an upright having clips to embrace the pedestal, and one of the hangings is a movable curtain to permit the use of the instrument, while another is parted to facilitate insertion of the hand, 'the parting being concealed by the drapery of an eX- -ternal ornament supported in forwardly projecting relation from the upright beneath a canopy formed by a forward eXtension of the top frame.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hood:

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation with the curtain broken away to show the interior relations; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame with a portion of a slidable curtain thereon.

The hood exemplified in these drawings is built upon a frame comprising an upright rod carrying a top framework 3, having drop side frames 4 and a forward extension 5, all cheaply though substantially made of wire, which, with the attaching means about to be described, is concealed by suitable fabric mounted on the framework and 4constituting the inclosure. The said attaching means comprises clips 6 ands 7 which are secured to the rod 2, in positions to embrace the transmitter pedestal, one above the base and the other below the receiver arm. Of these the lower clip is preferably of onepiece, open, resilient construction, while the upper comprises two spring-pressed jaws hinged on an offset arm S, and provided with tails 9, compressible to release the clip from the instrument.

Upon the framework is sewed or otherwise secured the top 10, and depending from it are front and rear hangings 11 and 12 and side hangings 13. The rear hanging 12, is a curtain, which is slidable upon the rear cross-bar 14, of the top frame, in order that i't may be pushed to one side to expose the transmitter and receiver when the tele'- phone is to be used. The front hanging is parted as indicated at 15, to permit the insertion of the hand for the purpose of grasping the pedestal and lifting and reversing the telephone set and hood. This parting is concealed however, by the draperies 16, of a doll ornament 17, the body of which is supported by an arm 18, and band 19, in forwardly projecting relation from the upright 2. The front hanging is carried rearwardly from 'the overhanging frame portion 5, so as to form a canopy, thence falling directly behind the ornament.

InV this embodiment of the invention, it vwill be observed, the telephone normally faces to the rear, and when it is to be used the hand is inserted as described and the instrument with its cover turned around.

The curtain being then drawn aside, the re-V ceiver may be removed from its hook and the 'telephone used in the ordinary manner. When the conversation is finished the curtain is replacedand the whole reversed sol asv to bring the ornament in front. Obviously, if desired, however, the telephone can be allowed to stand with the curtain in front, in which case it is not necessary to reverse the instrument before and after talkmg.

What I claim as new is:

1. A hood for telephone sets of the desk type, comprising a frame having means for attaching it to the transmitter pedestal, and a top and wallscarried by therframe for in closing the set, one wall being a curtain movable to expose the instrument for use, the opposite wall comprising a parted hanging and a device supported outside said parted hanging and having drapery concealing the parting.

2. In a hood for telephone sets of the desk type, the combination of a frame comprising an upriglitportion provided with lneans .carried:rearward from the front of said exfor attachment to the transmitter pedestal, tension, `forming a canopy and thence del0 said frame having a forward extension at scending behind the said device.

the top, a device supported in forwardly Dated the 17th day of July, 1916.

5 projecting' relation i`ro1n sa-id'npright por- "LILLIAN ANSTRASBURGER.

tion beneath the overhang ofsaidforward AVlltnesses: extension, and hangings carried b v and con- CLARA TANENBAUM, cealing said frame, the front hangings being THOMAS A. OCoNNoR.

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